The Biggest Transfers in the History of Red Star Belgrade – Top 10

Veljko Milosavljevic in the Red Star Belgrade football club jersey

We present to you the 10 biggest outgoing transfers in the history of Red Star Belgrade football club based on transfer fees.
Goran Drulic’s transfer held the first place for 24 years, but in the summer of 2025 it fell to third place. Here is the Top 10

10. ROBERT PROSINECKI

“The Yellow One” joined the ranks of the “Royal Club” in the summer of 1991 after winning the European Champion Clubs’ Cup with Red Star. The transfer value was 8 million euros.

9. JOVAN MIJATOVIC

It is not common for players to leave the Serbian Super League directly for the American MLS, but Jovan Mijatović was one of the exceptions. In 2024, he moved to New York City FC for 8 million euros.

8. STRAHINJA ERAKOVIC

Another transfer with a reported fee of 8 million euros was the move of defender Strahinja Eraković to Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2023.

7. DARKO PANCEV

“The Cobra from Vardar,” the player who brought the European championship title to Red Star, moved in 1992 to Milan’s Inter for, at the time, a record 12 million euros.

6. NEMANJA RADONJIC

The talent of Nemanja Radonjić and his strong performances at Red Star earned him a transfer to Olympique de Marseille in 2018 for 12 million euros.

5. NASSER DJIGA

The most expensive foreign player sold in the history of Red Star is Naser Djiga, who moved in 2025 to English club Wolverhampton for 12 million euros.

4. DEJAN STANKOVIC

Dejan Stanković grew into a leader of Red Star during the crisis years following the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
His excellent performances earned him a transfer in 1998 for a massive 12,390,000 euros.

3. GORAN DRULIC

Goran Drulic’s transfer in 2001 to Spanish club Zaragoza for 13 million euros held the record as the biggest in Red Star’s history for 24 years.

2. ANDRIJA MAKSIMOVIC

The player nicknamed the “Serbian Messi” showed his tremendous talent very early in the Red Star jersey, which sold him in the summer of 2025 to German club Leipzig for 14 million euros.

1. VELJKO MILOSAVLJEVIC

Veljko Milosavljević’s transfer to English club Bournemouth on the last day of the summer transfer window in 2025 for 15 million euros is the most expensive in the history of the club from the “Rajko Mitić” Stadium.

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